QUALITY for the Universities of Applied Sciences 24. 03. 2017 QUALITY for the Universities of Applied Sciences 24.03.2017.KOPER, SLOVENIA Prof.Dr. László Vass Rector, member of the HRC Presidium Budapest Metropolitan University www.metropolitan.hu

Quality of the Higher Education Definition of the QUALITY in general: „…meet the needs and requirements” HE QUALITY: managerial approach: the performance meet the stakeholders’ expectations vision-mission approach: the quality is the professor, the students… as such academic approach: „publish or parish” /see the rankings

What is the University of Applied Sciences Why not „Fach-Hochschule”? Bologna principium: Bsc – Msc – PhD Practice-focused is equal to Bsc? (…Theory-focused is Msc? Research-focused is PhD?) May be the Msc and PhD also practice-focused? The Msc and PhD are higher quality by definition then the Bsc one? Specific function, mission of the University of Applied Sciences is different: operating in direct connection to the employers’ society, answering the shorter term needs of the labormarket

SPECIFIC QUALITY ISSUES STARTING POINT: Practice in focus Teaching staff Teaching contents Infrastructure for practicing Relations to the „Practical World” – specific stakeholders Employers’ representation at the universities Universities’ representation at the companies and institutions Research in the applied sciences ………..